diff --git a/src/melodic/meldata.cc b/src/melodic/meldata.cc
index f310dc7..03fe8bb 100644
--- a/src/melodic/meldata.cc
+++ b/src/melodic/meldata.cc
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ namespace Melodic{
       Resels = 1.0;
       
       in.open(logger.appendDir("smoothest").c_str(), ios::in);
-      if(in>0){
+      if(in.is_open()){
 				for(int ctr=1; ctr<7; ctr++)
 					in >> str;
 				in.close();